Long and short scales

The long and short scales are two different numerical systems used throughout the world:Short scale is the English translation of the French term échelle courte. It refers to a system of numeric names in which every new term is 1 000 times greater than the previous term: "billion" means "a thousand millions" (109), "trillion" means "a thousand billions" (1012), and so on.Long scale is the English translation of the French term échelle longue. It refers to a system of numeric names in which every new term is 1 000 000 times greater than the previous term: "billion" means "a million squared" (1012), "trillion" means "a million to the third power" (1018), and so on.
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